Terms and Conditions

Terms of Use

These Terms of Use apply to the www.acehub.co.nz and www.amtech.co.nz/nurse_education websites only - other services provided by us may have different Terms of Use. By using this site you agree to comply with these Terms of Use.

This website is owned and maintained by Amtech Medical Limited.

Privacy

The information below applies to personal information (information about an identifiable individual) we, collect about you when you visit and browse our website.

When you visit our website, we collect some non-personal information, such as the IP address from which you accessed this website, the date and time you are visiting, the pages you accessed, the type of browser and operating system you use, and terms you use to search for content on our site. This information cannot be used to personally identify you. We use it for the purposes of system administration, auditing use of the site and improving it for different customer profiles, and for our internal reporting.

Our website relies on the use of cookies, which are small files stored on the hard drive of your computer. We recommend you enable cookies in order to enjoy our website, but it is up to you whether you enable them or not. Not all features of our site may be available if you do not enable cookies.

If you choose to provide us with personal information such as your email address, for example by filling out an electronic query, we will use the information only for the purposes that you authorise it to be used for. We will send you email marketing to that email address if you agree to us doing so. If you wish to unsubscribe from any email marketing communications you have previously agreed we can send you, you can:

• follow the unsubscribe instructions in the email; or
• phone or write to us using the contact details in that email message.

When you provide us with personal information, we are obliged to comply with the provisions of the Privacy Act 2020 (the Act). We will collect, hold, use and disclose that information in accordance with the principles set out in the Act. This means we will:

• use personal information only for the purpose we collect it for;
• retain that information only for so long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which we have collected it; and
• disclose or release it to a third party only where we are required to or we are permitted by law to do so, if you have authorised the release or disclosure, or where it is the purpose (or a directly related purpose) for which the information was collected.

If you wish to enquire about personal information we hold about you (if any) you can contact us direct.

Disclaimer

The Amtech Training Portal is designed for the education of nurse and healthcare professionals on the subject matters therein contained, and for the exchange of professional knowledge and practical medical information among such professionals.

The information we provide on the website is provided to you in good faith. However, it has been made available for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of physicians or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read or seen on this site.

We endeavour to present you with accurate and trustworthy information at all times, we cannot however, guarantee that every piece of information on our web site is true, up to date and accurate at all times. If you have any concerns about your health you should consult a healthcare professional.

Links or references to other websites are provided for your convenience only. Other websites are not under our control. We have not reviewed them and we do not endorse or assume responsibility for the contents of any other website.

We hereby disclaim any and all liability to any party for any direct, indirect, implied, special, incidental or other consequential damages arising directly or indirectly from any use of the video content which is provided as is, without warranties in this website.

Contributions published on the website under the names of individual educators/authors contain the statements and opinions solely of those individual authors and not of Amtech.

The website has been created for use by nurse and healthcare professionals, even where access to content has not been restricted. Users’ identity and qualification may not be verified on access to the website and therefore inappropriate access by non-qualified persons cannot be reasonably avoided. Amtech Training Portal operators may not be held liable for any damage or harm resulting from inadvertent, inappropriate or ill advised access to and reliance on information contained on the website.

The products, procedures, and techniques described on these web pages should only be performed by trained medical professionals in environments specially designed for such procedures.

No test or procedure should be carried out unless, in the user’s professional judgment, the risk is justified. Whoever applies products, procedures, and techniques shown or described on these web pages will do so at their own risk. Amtech recommends that independent verification of diagnosis, therapies, drugs, dosages, and operation methods should be made before any action is taken.

We do not guarantee that files available for downloading from this internet site are free from malicious software or codes.

Legal restrictions for use of the Amtech Training Portal web pages

All rights (including copyright in the aggregated parts of the website and the database) subsisting in these web pages are reserved by Amtech Medical Limited (on behalf of itself, or, where relevant its third party licensors) including trade marks in our name and logos. 

Amtech Training Portal web pages may refer to or contain works or other content, such as names, instruments, treatments, presentations, logos, designs, etc, that may be protected by copyright, trademark, patents and other intellectual property rights or similar laws, even though specific reference to this fact is not always made.

If you have any doubts as to whether a particular work or item is the subject of any rights reserved to or by us then please contact us we will endeavour to answer your query – no use (save as expressly provided for) of any such materials should be made by you pending our response.

The commercial use of the contents of the website and copying of the works or other protected items contained on the web pages is prohibited. We do not permit the making available of such works or any parts of those works on any intranet site or the creation of derivative works based on the works contained on these web pages.

The individual login you are provided with is personal to you and must be used by you only. It is not for group-sharing. Use of one login by multiple persons will be considered a breach of these terms and we may, at our discretion, cancel your subscription.

If you use any of our content for any purposes other than as set out above you must first contact us and obtain our permission.

Restrictions on use: Authorised users of this site in compliance with its terms may (in the absence of any express term to the contrary on the relevant page) use the works contained on the web pages on a non-exclusive basis for non-commercial, academic, educational and research purposes only. Single images or illustrations (provided always that they (i) do not collectively or individually, comprise a substantial part of any single work, or (ii) are not taken from any slides or speakers notes accompanying any of the video presentations) may be copied for non-commercial academic research or educational purposes only. The images or illustrations may not be altered in any way and must carry the following statement of origin “Copyright all rights reserved. Amtech.)", or such other copyright notice as stated on the website from time to time.

Without prejudice to the above, nothing in these terms or on any web page shall be construed as authorising you, or otherwise granting you the right, to download or otherwise copy any materials (including any speaker notes or slides) which accompany any of the works (including any presentations or videos) which are available through this site (save where the relevant presentation includes an express notice to the contrary).

Unlawful Use

As a user bound by these terms, you agree not to use services and contents of the Amtech Training Portal website in a way that is likely to cause damage to the services (e.g. by affecting, disturbing or overloading the services), and will refrain from illegal use or other abuse of the services or information derived from them, and to refrain from violating third parties’ rights.

Amendments

Amtech Training Portal operators do not make any representation, and reserve complete discretion, in regard of the operation and availability of the website or any part thereof, and may at any time and without prior notice delete or replace contents, restrict access to services, imply further conditions and/or charge fees. Amtech will not be liable for any damages, loss, costs or expenses incurred by you as a result of any lack of availability or accessibility to the website.

We reserve the right to amend these terms of use from time to time which will be effective immediately when they are placed on the website. Please refer regularly to the version as published on our website when using the service.

Other Information

If you post any material to our site which we believe (in our own discretion) is inappropriate for our site, we may remove it.

New Zealand law governs this website.

Questions

If you have any questions about anything on this website you can contact us by email at hello@acehub.co.nz

All references to “Amtech”, “Training Portal", "we" or "our" in these terms should be read as references to Amtech Medical Limited (NZBN: 9429034322888) (or such other member of the Amtech group as we may determine from time to time).